Adrian Woodhouse — Beresford Egan

Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, Tartarus Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of this highly illustrated biography of Beresford Egan, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. No. 49 of a limited run of 750 hand-numbered copies. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, neatly presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Original invoice tipped in, featuring a second instance of the hand-numbered limitation details. Richly illustrated, including with a frontispiece, seventy-eight further pages of black-and-white plates, sixteen pages of colour plates, and additional examples in the text. Collated, complete. A beautiful, biographical celebration of the illustrations of Beresford Egan, an artist, writer, actor, costume designer, and a central figure of British Art Deco. Accompanied by the text of Adrian Woodhouse, a leading British journalist, curator, and expert on the decorative arts. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, neatly presented in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Original invoice tipped in, featuring a second instance of the hand-numbered limitation details. Externally, excellent condition with slight shelf wear only. Dust wrapper equally pleasing with only a few light creases. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Beresford Egan. Near Fine/Near Fine.